Coastal Areas/Intro to Oceans

When salt and fresh water mix, what is the new water substance called?

• Brackish Acid
• Fresh Water
• Salt Water
• Brackish Water

Estuaries are known as the __________ of the sea.

• nurseries
• shopping malls
• grocery store
• garden

A partly enclosed body of water along the coast where one or more streams/rivers enter and mix freshwater with saltwater

• Bay

• Estuary

• Barrier island

• Sea stack

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Urban areas have undergone rapid change, and put their estuaries at environmental risk through...

• land reclamation

• shoreline conservation

• pollution

• overfishing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The water of in the estuary is composed of:

• fresh

• brackish

• saline

• all of the above

Mangrove swamps are important for______ the runoff water from the upland.

• collecting

• filtering

• mixing

• absorbing

How much of the Earth is covered by oceans?

• 85%

• 70%

• 75%

• 90%

How many oceans are there?

• 4

• 3

• 6

• 5

1. Which ocean is the largest and deepest?

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian ocean

6. Can you name the deepest known point in the Pacific?

• The Kermadec Trench

• The South Sandwich Trench

• The Izu-Ogasawara Trench

• The Mariana Trench